Épître aux Romains 4

JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Que dirons-nous donc d'Abraham, notre ancêtre selon la chair?	1 What then can we say that Abraham found, our ancestor according to the flesh?
2 Si Abraham tint sa justice des oeuvres, il a de quoi se glorifier. Mais non au regard de Dieu!	2 Indeed, if Abraham was justified on the basis of his works, he has reason to boast; but this was not so in the sight of God.
3 Que dit en effet l'Ecriture? Abraham crut à Dieu, et ce lui fut compté comme justice.	3 For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
4 A qui fournit un travail on ne compte pas le salaire à titre gracieux: c'est un dû;	4 A worker's wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due.
5 mais à qui, au lieu de travailler, croit en celui qui justifie l'impie, on compte sa foi comme justice.	5 But when one does not work, yet believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 Exactement comme David proclame heureux l'homme à qui Dieu attribue la justiceindépendamment des oeuvres:	6 So also David declares the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7 Heureux ceux dont les offenses ont été remises, et les péchés couverts.	7 "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered.
8 Heureux l'homme à qui le Seigneur n'impute aucun péché.	8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not record."
9 Cette déclaration de bonheur s'adresse-t-elle donc aux circoncis ou bien également auxincirconcis? Nous disons, en effet, que la foi d'Abraham lui fut comptée comme justice.	9 Does this blessedness apply only to the circumcised, or to the uncircumcised as well? Now we assert that "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness."
10 Comment donc fut-elle comptée? Quand il était circoncis ou avant qu'il le fût? Non pas après,mais avant;	10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or not? He was not circumcised, but uncircumcised.
11 et il reçut le signe de la circoncision comme sceau de la justice de la foi qu'il possédait quand ilétait incirconcis; ainsi devint-il à la fois le père de tous ceux qui croiraient sans avoir la circoncision, pour que lajustice leur fût également comptée,	11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal on the righteousness received through faith while he was uncircumcised. Thus he was to be the father of all the uncircumcised who believe, so that to them (also) righteousness might be credited,
12 et le père des circoncis, qui ne se contentent pas d'être circoncis, mais marchent sur les traces dela foi qu'avant la circoncision eut notre père Abraham.	12 as well as the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but also follow the path of faith that our father Abraham walked while still uncircumcised.
13 De fait ce n'est point par l'intermédiaire d'une loi qu'agit la promesse faite à Abraham ou à sadescendance de recevoir le monde en héritage, mais par le moyen de la justice de la foi.	13 It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith.
14 Car si l'héritage appartient à ceux qui relèvent de la Loi, la foi est sans objet, et la promesse sansvaleur;	14 For if those who adhere to the law are the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
15 la Loi en effet produit la colère, tandis qu'en l'absence de loi il n'y a pas non plus de transgression.	15 For the law produces wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.
16 Aussi dépend-il de la foi, afin d'être don gracieux, et qu'ainsi la promesse soit assurée à toute ladescendance, qui se réclame non de la Loi seulement, mais encore de la foi d'Abraham, notre père à tous,	16 For this reason, it depends on faith, so that it may be a gift, and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us,
17 comme il est écrit: Je t'ai établi père d'une multitude de peuples -- notre père devant Celui auquelil a cru, le Dieu qui donne la vie aux morts et appelle le néant à l'existence.	17 as it is written, "I have made you father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist.
18 Espérant contre toute espérance, il crut et devint ainsi père d'une multitude de peuples, selon qu'ilfut dit: Telle sera ta descendance.	18 He believed, hoping against hope, that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what was said, "Thus shall your descendants be."
19 C'est d'une foi sans défaillance qu'il considéra son corps déjà mort -- il avait quelque cent ans -- etle sein de Sara, mort également;	19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body as (already) dead (for he was almost a hundred years old) and the dead womb of Sarah.
20 appuyé sur la promesse de Dieu, sans hésitation ni incrédulité, mais avec une foi puissante, ilrendit gloire à Dieu,	20 He did not doubt God's promise in unbelief; rather, he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God
21 certain que tout ce que Dieu a promis, il est assez puissant ensuite pour l'accomplir.	21 and was fully convinced that what he had promised he was also able to do.
22 Voilà pourquoi ce lui fut compté comme justice.	22 That is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."
23 Or quand l'Ecriture dit que sa foi lui fut comptée, ce n'est point pour lui seul; elle nous visaitégalement,	23 But it was not for him alone that it was written that "it was credited to him";
24 nous à qui la foi doit être comptée, nous qui croyons en celui qui ressuscita d'entre les morts Jésusnotre Seigneur,	24 it was also for us, to whom it will be credited, who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 livré pour nos fautes et ressuscité pour notre justification.	25 who was handed over for our transgressions and was raised for our justification.